Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!mimsy!kelso
From: kelso@mimsy.UUCP (Stephen Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Montgomery Grant - "CUSTOMER BEWARE"
Summary: I bought a 2500 from them which seems new & has worked fine so far
	 but (even before reading about their grey practice) decided I would
	 not buy from them again.
Message-ID: <18925@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 89 12:49:27 GMT
References: <62434@linus.UUCP> <178@modcomp.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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The summary says it all...  I used a friends VISA (w/ her permission
of course (;-}) & they called her 4 or 5 times both at work & at home
"to make sure" it was legal.  I'm all for verification of VISA etc.
but this seemed like paranoid behavior. Also, their shipping fees are
outrageous. 3% for shipping or 6% for 2nd day air. For that price 
($200 for a 2500) I could fly to NYC, take a cab etc, even at NY prices.
Then they wanted me to buy an *extended* service contract, now I can
see why, extended  == >0 days.  I consider myself *quite* fortunate
(after reading the "grey" postings) to have gotten a "new" & working
machine.  I hope I don't have to have any warranty work done.
Lastly, the sales rep. was pushy & obnoxious. 
-- 
Real:	Stephen Kelley, Welch Library, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Internet: stevek@welch.jhu.edu